Job 10
1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Senginengwa yimpilo yami; ngakho sengizasola ngingasathikazi ngithulule ubuhlungu bomphefumulo wami.
2 I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.
Ngizakuthi kuNkulunkulu: Ungangilahli, kodwa ngitshela ukuthi ungethesa cala bani.
3 Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Kuyakuthabisa na ukungizwisa ubuhlungu, ukulahla umsebenzi wezandla zakho, ikanti uyahlekelela ngamacebo ababi?
4 Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth?
Ulamehlo enyama na? Ubona njengokubona kwabantu na?
5 Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days,
Insuku zakho ziyafanana lezabantu yini, kumbe iminyaka yakho njengeyomuntu yini,
6 That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,
osungaze uphenye iziphambeko zami njalo ulandelele isono sami,
7 Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?
loba wena ukwazi ukuthi angilacala lokuthi kakho ongangikhulula esandleni sakho?
8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!
Izandla zakho zangibumba zangenza. Pho usuzaphenduka ungibhidlize na?
9 Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again?
Khumbula ukuthi wangibumba njengomdaka. Pho usuzabuye ungiphendule uthuli na?
10 Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Kawungichithanga yini njengochago njalo wangijiyisa njengolaza,
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
wangigqokisa ngesikhumba lenyama, wangithungela ndawonye ngamathambo lemisipha?
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.
Wangipha ukuphila wangitshengisa umusa, ukunanza kwakho kwawelusa umoya wami.
13 Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;
Kodwa lokhu yikho owakufihla enhliziyweni yakho, njalo ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kwakukhona engqondweni yakho:
14 If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Nxa ngona, ngabe wawungikhangele wawungeke wekela ukona kwami kungajeziswa.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head — being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.
Aluba ngilecala, maye mina! Laloba ngimsulwa, akukho engingakwenza, ngoba ngiyafa ngenhloni njalo ngiyagalula ekuhluphekeni kwami.
16 And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.
Nxa ngingathi ngivusa ikhanda ungicwathela njengesilwane uphinde utshengise amandla akho esabekayo kimi.
17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.
Uletha ofakazi abatsha abangilahlayo, wandise ulaka lwakho kimi; amabutho akho angihlasela amaviyo ngamaviyo.
18 Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!
Pho kungani wangikhupha esibelethweni na? Ngifisa ukuthi ngabe ngafa ngingakabonwa laloba yiliphi ilihlo.
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Aluba ngavele ngingabi ngophilayo, loba ngathwalwa ngisuka esibelethweni ngasiwa ethuneni!
20 Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Insuku zami ezilutshwane kaseziphelile nje? Akungifulathele ukuze ngizuze umzuzwana wentokozo nje
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
ngingakayi lapho okungabuywa khona, elizweni lobumnyama lethunzi elikhulu,
22 A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
elizweni lobusuku obujule ngempela, elethunzi elinzima lengxubevange, lapho lokukhanya kunjengobumnyama.”
